Marc Jacobs show us how to carry off a skirt

Marc Jacobs is smiling. And why not? His outfit is a scream: those shoes! After the lace dress he wore to the Met ball in May, Jacobs is flying the flag for crazy dressing among fashion designers. He's pictured here (above left) at the Dior couture show this week. But it is thoughtful crazy dressing. The way he holds the clutchbag, which echoes myriad women on the red carpet, is so familiar you forget to notice he's a man.

The really clever thing about this look is that the shoes are its least conventional element. Jacobs manages to make a skirt and shirt look classic, genderless. His see-through dress with plain boxers worn to the Met (also above) referenced Kate Moss's famous combination of see-through slip dress and boring pants in 1993 (outfit four, here). With the demise of John Galliano, fashion needs a bit of wayward dressing.